The Bucks (36-13) swept the Pistons in the four-game season series, the first season-series sweep of the Pistons in Milwaukee’s 51 seasons of NBA basketball.

The Bucks shot 65% (13 for 20) in the first quarter as they jumped to a 30-22 lead. They finished the night at 54% (47 for 87).

Snell and Connaughton also alleviated the absence of Sterling Brown, who sat out with a swollen right wrist.

The Pistons pulled even at 35-35 in the second quarter before D.J. Wilson scored seven points in a 9-0 run that gave the Bucks the lead for good. The Bucks led by as many as 16 in the first half before settling on a 62-49 margin.

Detroit used a 12-3 third-quarter run to pull within 77-73 with 1:51 left in the third quarter.

Antetokounmpo scored inside, then fed Middleton for a 3-pointer to make it 82-73. Later, Antetokounmpo fed Connaughton in the left corner for a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left in the third, sending the Bucks to the fourth with an 89-77 lead.

Three-pointers by Bledsoe and Snell pushed the lead to 96-79 early in the fourth, and the margin eventually reached 105-85 before the Pistons trimmed things down over the final seven minutes.

The Bucks appeared to be in cruise control for much of the fourth quarter as they improved to 13-0 in games following a loss.

The victory improved he Bucks to 1-1 in the first two games of their five-game road trip, setting up a big game Thursday night in Toronto. Should the Bucks pull out that game, they’ll win the season series and any tiebreaker over the Raptors. Toronto (38-15) is in a virtual tie with the Bucks for the best record in he NBA, although the Bucks have a higher winning percentage.